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Bermuda-based law firm, Marshall Diel & Myers Limited, has appointed senior associates Rachael Barritt, Katie Tornari, Adam Richards and Kevin Taylor as directors. The four new directors practise in a broad range of disciplines. Each has more than te...

Supreme Court was filled to the brim as friends and family gathered to watch Kimberly Caines and Shannon Dyer called to the Bermuda Bar. In a series of speeches, the two young Bermudians were praised for their hard work and commitment to their craft....

Four Bermudians celebrated their call to the Bermuda Bar, in front of a courtroom packed with friends, family and colleagues. Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley, who is to serve as Bermuda’s next Chief Justice, presided over the ceremony on Friday. New barrist...

Even as a small boy Saul Froomkin knew he would become a criminal lawyer. It was the late 1940s and no one in his family had ever been to high school, never mind university. There were no TV shows or Blockbuster movies glamourising the profession a...

Conyers Dill & Pearman hosted its 10th annual Offshore Law Forum earlier this month at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York. This year’s forum featured an in-depth look at offshore funds litigation arising out of the global financial crisis. A senior d...

Appleby was named the International Legal Team of the Year 2011/12 at the STEP Private Client Awards 2011/12 held in London last Thursday. The awards ceremony, which was held at the London Hilton on Park Lane Hotel, was attended by more than 670 prof...

Lawyer Saul Froomkin QC has been honoured by the government of Taiwan for his “outstanding achievements” in promoting international cooperation on combating transnational crime. Mr Froomkin helped found the International Symposium on Economic Crime a...

Bermudian law student Kenlyn Swan has landed a “once in a lifetime” training contract at one of the UK’s leading chambers beginning in October, plus a bursary of $25,000. The pupillage award was founded by the Bermuda Bar Association in conjunction w...

The Law Students’ Association of Bermuda raised funds for two local charities during their inaugural Walk for Justice this weekend. Around 20 students, their friends and families set off from the Senate on Front Street at 9am on Sunday. The route to...

It was unconstitutional for lawyer Charles Richardson to be charged with criminal libel for making “unfair” and “sarcastically offensive” remarks about a detective on Facebook, a judge has ruled. The case against Mr Richardson is to be dropped by pro...

Bermudian law students argued a hypothetical case in front of some of the Island’s top legal brains during an event in memory of late Puisne Judge Hector Barcilon. The students took part in the moot in Supreme Court Three which was packed with their ...